Company and Personal News
Marks & Spencer 5.5% sales decreasing
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
UK retailer Marks & Spencer is expected to report its worst Christmas sales figures for 10 years. The UK press has reported that the retailer is expected to report like-for-like...
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Pepsi and Beckham Finish the Relationship
Date: 2009-01-06 00:00:00
PepsiCo Inc said it is ending its endorsement relationship with English soccer star David Beckham after 10 years in a move described as mutual by both sides. Terms of Beckham's...
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ALDI US opens units in NYC
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
According to a report in the Financial Times, Aldi hopes to open its first store in New York City in the course of 2009, as it continues its steady US...
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Asda cuts prices on 1,000 essential items
Date: 2009-01-05 00:00:00
The range of reduced items includes 200 health & beauty items, 100 frozen food lines and three-packs of selected fresh meats or bottles of wine. In the UK, Wal-Mart owned...
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Award for Coca-Cola HBC's healthcare program
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
The drink giant started its „Weak up your body!' program in 2006, the aim was to popularise the healthy life style and help employees to protect their healthy. The American...
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Pay-as-you-go computing by Microsoft
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
Microsoft is trying to patent a method that lets users pay for software and hardware based on how much they use. The method tracks hardware usage of disk storage space,...
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Optimistic COOP leaders in Switzerland
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
The Swiss retailer expects the company to grow by between 2% and 3% over 2009. The CEO of Swiss retailer Coop, Hansueli Loosli, is positive about the company’s performance in...
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MOL expands its petrolstation chain in Austria
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
Hungarian petrol company MOL has signed a deal to acquire 26 gas stations in Austria from Italian fuel retailer ENI in exchange for 10 of its own stations in Romania....
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ALDI plans to expand in US
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
Germany-based Aldi is looking to grow its portfolio of stores in Memphis in the US. The discount retailer recently purchased a site in Collierville for USD1 million where it will...
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KFC opens 200th Store in Beijing
Date: 2009-01-02 00:00:00
The company had earlier announced that it plans to open 500 KFC stores in China in 2009. In China, Yum! Brands-owned Kentucky Fried Chicken (KFC) has opened its 200th store...
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Nestle Nutrition to Invest USD 75 Mln in US
Date: 2008-12-31 00:00:00
As part of the investment, the baby food producer will upgrade the facility in Fremont and will add new production lines, the company will create 200 jobs over the next...
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Unilever to Hire New Workers in the UK
Date: 2008-12-31 00:00:00
The company is expected to create at least 40 new jobs at its ice cream plant in Barnwood, Gloucester, report local sources. The Gloucester ice cream factory has an annual...
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Tesco donated clothes
Date: 2008-12-31 00:00:00
The retailer donated clothes in value of HUF 60 million for aid organisations before Christmas. According to Tesco the donation came to poor families with more children or families only...
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WAL-MART soon starts in Russia
Date: 2008-12-31 00:00:00
Wal-Mart has joined the Russian retail association, the lobby group said, the latest in a series of moves indicating the world's largest retailer's interest in expanding into Russia. Members of...
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Prénatal to open shop in Budapest
Date: 2008-12-31 00:00:00
The French based chain is specialized in the sale of products for mothers and children, now is looking for Hungarian partner. The Prénatal brand, established in 1947 in France, has...
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YUM! offers fitness
Date: 2008-12-30 00:00:00
Yum! Brands, known in Hungary by KFC and Pizza Hut, has announced that it is launching a free online fitness programme starting January 1, 2009. As part of the company’s...
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AUCHAN installs cardiac defibrillators
Date: 2008-12-30 00:00:00
Auchan France and its property arm will install cardiac defibrillators in all hypermarkets and shopping centres by the end of January 2009. All of Auchan’s security staff will be trained...
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TESCO renews IT in its Czech and Slovakian operations
Date: 2008-12-30 00:00:00
Tesco has implemented its standardised ‘Operating Model’ set of software in its Czech and Slovakian operations. The software, which comprises Oracle Retail's merchandise management system and POS software from Retalix,...
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AMAZON reports record holiday season sales
Date: 2008-12-29 00:00:00
Company said more than 6.3 million items were ordered on its site worldwide for the peak shopping day of 15 December, amounting to 72.9 items ordered per second. Online retailer...
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Penny has stoped switched off the self-service payment machines
Date: 2008-12-29 00:00:00
After six weeks test periode, Rewe’s discount banner in Germany has ended its trial with self-service payment machines. The three Pecuron payment terminals from IBM and Giesecke & Devrient as...
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Two digits increase at Coop-Group revenue
Date: 2008-12-22 00:00:00
According to managment's hopes the company will get HUF 500 billion income, dispite of last year's HUF 440 billion. Laszlo Muranyi, CEO of Co-op Hungary said at a press conference,...
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Pevec Enters Serbian Market
Date: 2008-12-19 00:00:00
The Croatian DIY chain invested E40m to open its first store in Serbia. It is the chain’s 18th store in the region. According to local press information company built a...
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Pernod Ricard Sells Off Some Brands
Date: 2008-12-19 00:00:00
Alcohol major Pernod Ricard has agreed to sell several of its brands in order to full conditions laid down by the European Commission, related to its acquisition of Vin &...
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U.S. Regulatory „yes” for new sweeteners
Date: 2008-12-19 00:00:00
Coca-Cola Co and PepsiCo Inc have long searched for a natural alternative to chemical sweeteners to help reinvigorate U.S. soft drink sales which have slipped as consumers opt for other...
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Kay Schiebur – new member in Lekkerland's Executive Committee
Date: 2008-12-19 00:00:00
Lekkerland AG & Co. KG is creating a portfolio for this purpose at the Board of Management level and vesting this responsibility with Kay Schiebur, who will serve as Chief...
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New OBI store in Kecskemet
Date: 2008-12-18 00:00:00
It is the DIY store chain's 23th unit in Hungary. The warehouse has 8,200 sqm retail area and wide range of goods. „We hope that our retail and communication system...
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Donationcard at the SPAR stores
Date: 2008-12-18 00:00:00
This year in December SPAR and Hungarian Maltese Charity Service issued donation cards, what are available at the retail chain's cash desk. With donation cards in value of HUF 200...
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Modell and Hoppy toys at Pető Institute
Date: 2008-12-17 00:00:00
120 children in need of developing and 30 conductors participited at Pető Institute's Christmas party on 12th December. Event organiser Inspirations made gingerbread baking for them. From Minimax chanel well...
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